By Braxton King
The miracle of the seed is one of the greatest wonders of nature.
God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit in which is their seed, each according to its kind, on the earth,” and it was so.
Seed is the most important element in human existence. Almost all of the world’s food sources are connected to seeds.
Jesus, speaking of His death, compared it to a kernel of wheat planted in the soil. “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.”
When a seed is planted in the soil, it contains a dormant embryo (a baby plant with stored food), and when given the right conditions such as moisture, warmth, and oxygen, it will then send a root downward and a shoot upward. The seed is controlled by a law known as “Conformity to Type.” This means that an apple seed can only produce apple trees, which grow apples, each after its own kind.
My heart is God’s tilled field, which controls my words and actions. It is vital how I dress and keep my garden. The seed that I plant in my heart today will be my future harvest.
“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.” This verse from the book of Galatians is clear that our harvest is dependent on the seed sown in our hearts.
No wonder the Bible instructs us to, “Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.”
The very actions of life are a direct result of what I meditate on and plant in my life. Jesus said, “For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander.”
That means that the inward care of my heart controls the outward actions of my life. When I say or do something, it only reveals what I treasure in my heart. Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. We have the same job assignment that Adam had in the first garden: dress and keep it.
May these words from the book of Psalms resonate in your heart, “Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.”
